Belt.



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y BELT.

APPLICATIUN FILED .IULY 28| |916.

@m Patented Apr. 17,1917.

Amm/mf ANTON EZNIEK, 0F JERSEY CJITY, NEW JERSEY.

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To all :whom it may concern.'

Be 1t known that I, AN'roN EZNIEK, a citizen of the United States, andresidentof Jersey City, in the county of Hudson, State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belts, of which.the following is a specification.

The presentl invention relates to improve- :ments in belts, andparticularly a belt provided with aV detachable buckle. An object of theinvention is to provide such a belt in 4 which the buckle will besecurely held when in place, against movement, and maybe quickly removedand another buckle substituted in a reliable manner and` without in anyway impairingthe utility of the-belt.

The belt is therefore particularly adaptable to the so called set belts,in' which several buckles of di'erent designs 'are'provided for asingle. belt, or where the wearer has a buckle formed of gold or silverand wishes to transfer this to another belt. Also at the end of theseason, buckles which have become tarnished or out of style, may .lie

quickly and economically substituted orI refinished. Heretofore it wasnecessaryto return both belt and' buckle to the manufacturer who mustcut' the stitching'and remake the belt at a considerable loss.` Anotherobject is to provide such a belt which will be strong, attractive,'simple in construction and in which the retaining loops are securelyand permanently held in place.

With these and other objects 1n view, my

invention is shown yin the accompanying` drawings, and will behereinafter more fully described with reference thereto, and finallypointed out in the claims.

, In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved belt, and detachablebuckle,

Fig. 2 is a lateral view of the belt with.-

- facllitate the insertion -and removal of the buckle removed,

Fig.'3 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof,

' Fig. 4 .is a plan view of the underside of the folding end of the beltstrap, a part of the under layer of said front portion bein broken outto show the stidening plates an their relative disposition with respectto the e buckle tongue slot.

-lllig. 5 is a fragmentary view showing the metal plates employed', and

Fig. 6 is an' enlarged sectional view' showin the manner in which themetal plates retain the buckle. Y

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenten aan. it, mit.

il Application filled-July 28, 1916. Serial No. 111,759.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral figures of the drawings.

Referring tothe drawings, my improved belt comprlses` an upper layer orstrip of leather 10, to which' is secured by stitching 11and'12, anunder layer 13, the said stitching extending only to the first retainingloop 14, held in place 4by transverse lines of stitching 15 and 16 ateach side thereof. The said layer of leather 13 terminates intermediatethe loop 14 andthe forward end of the strip 10 which is in the form ofapoint.

lAn under intermediate layer of leather 17 issecured to 'the exposedforward part of the strip 10 by stitching 18 and 19, the said layerextending backward between the layers 10 and 13 to the loop 14. Anotherloop .20 is secured between the upper portion formed by the layers 10and 1'?, and the under layer 13 by transverse rows of stitching 21 and22,

. the` row 21 securin the turned back end 23 of the strip 13. he maleportion 24 of a snap fastener is secured tot e layer 13 centrallybetween the two loops, and the female thebelt. Centrally between` the'two portions ofthe snap fasteners there is provided a slot -26 so thatwhen the end of the belt is .folded back andthe snap fastener engaged,the slot is folded centrally, the tongue of the buckle 27 being passedtherethrough, so that its looped end 28 is disposed in the slot. At eachside of the slot there are embedded between the layers 10 and the layer17 metal plates or former-members 29 and 30, extending substantially thelength of the slot, and being.- slightly less than the width between theslot and the edge of the belt.

These lates are disposed some little distance away om the edges of theslot 26 so as to leave the strap about said slot flexible to portlon 25is secured tothe forward end of appendages or obstructions and in whichthe retaining loops are securely held in place. l

When the buckle is to be removed either for placing in another Abelt orto be replaced by another buckle, the snap fasteners are disengaged andthe folded end of the strap bent down, at the same time bending open themetal pieces, as clearlyshown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, permitting theready removal of the buckle.

The metal pieces may be of brass, or any other suitable material whichis unbreakable. Instead of stitching, the various layers may be securedtogether by other means known asthe art of leather working, such ascementing, gluing or the like, and if desired, thelayer 13 between theloops may be secured to the upper layersby cementing or stitching.The-snap fastener is so embedded in the layer 13 as to provide noprojection in the upper surface of the belt. I have illustrated anddescribed preferred and satisfactory forms of my invention, but it isobvious. that changes may be made thereinA within the spirit and' scopethereof, as defined in the appended claims.

I claim: 1

1. A belt. comprising a strap provided with a longitudinal buckle tongueslot and with metal stiffening plates disposed on opposite` sides ofsaid slot at some distance from the edges thereof and a detachablefastening device composed of. complementary members secured respectivelyto said strapon opposite sides of said\slot, and a buckle having a crossbar and tongue, the tonguelengaging said slot and the strap being folded,over said .cross bar and secured in folded position by said detachablefa stener,.the edges of said slot between said stlifening plates beingfree and flexible ti facilitate the insertion and removal of the.

buckle.

' 2. In a belt the combination with a buckle having a crossbar, of astrap comprising an upper layer, an under layer terminating at a pointremoved from one end of said -upper layer, an intermediate layer securedto said upper layer at the exposed portion thereof and extending in itsrear part between said upper and under layers, retain ing loops passedbetween said overlapping layers and secured by transverse stitchingextending therethrough, stiii'ening means disposed between said upperand intermediate layers, said strap being adapted to-be folded aroundsaid crossbar at a point reinforced by said stifl'ening means, and saidstiii'ening means being adapted to be bent with said strap around saidbar to retain said buckle in position, and disengageable fastening meansadapted to retain said strap in holding position.

In testimony., that I claim the foregoing as my invention', I havesigned my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses,

ANTON IEEZNIEK. Witnesses:

D. LEWIS MATTERN, M. Mon WEINBERG.

